Treating tuberculosis michelle higgs investigates the development of sanatoria, where our ancestors were treated for tuberculosis

What does your wee say about your health? Well, plenty – but perhaps not in quite the way medieval physicians understood it. Before the in-depth study of anatomy and physiology, establishing the cause

This World Mental Health Day (10 October), take a moment to reflect on the experiences of our ancestors who were mentally ill. How were they looked after, and where? Before the mid-18th century, the U

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Discover the last surviving court of houses that once dominated the Midlands, and hear the stories of the workers who built Britain’s second city

PNEUMONIA is an infection which affects the tiny air sacs, known as alveoli, in the lungs. The air sacs may become swollen and fill with fluid, which makes it harder to breathe. Symptoms of pneumonia

Even the most successful and affluent individuals are not immune to the effects of shell shock, a powerful reminder that, beneath status and achievement, we are all fundamentally human. As I sift thro